Flame - forestry lands allocated for managing energy. feasibility study. Final report jun-aug 78
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6265208
The study evaluates the feasibility of using wood grown on USAF installations as fuel to supply the heating energy requirements of the installations, replacing conventional fossil fuels currently being used. Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tennessee; Barksdale AFB, Louisiana; Eglin AFB, Florida; and Tyndall AFB, Florida have the potential for supplying significant portions of their heating energy requirements with non-merchantable timber grown on the installations. Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida has the potential to supply its own small heating energy requirements plus those of MacDill AFB, which is 75 miles away. Arnold Engineering Development Center presently has a central plant heating system. The system can be converted to a wood-burning system by altering existing boilers or replacing them with boilers having wood-firing capability. The remaining installations do not have central plant heating systems, but use small natural gas and oil-fired heating units in individual buildings. Conversion of these installations to burn wood would require construction of a wood-fired central system or systems. An alternate method of converting these installations is through the use of a pyrolysis unit to convert wood to fuel gas and fuel oil which can be burned in existing heating units. The latter alternative cannot be implemented until a large scale, continuously operated pyrolysis unit is developed.
- Research Organization:
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Development Office, Tyndall AFB, FL (USA). Detachment 1 (ADTC)
- OSTI ID:
- 6265208
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-059993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320301* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Energy Sources
BOILER FUEL
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FORESTS
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OXIDATION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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320301* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Energy Sources
BOILER FUEL
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FORESTS
FUELS
OXIDATION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WOOD